CVE-2022-38802 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Zkteco BioTime < 8.5.3 Build:20200816.447 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control via resign, private message, manual log, time interval, attshift, and holiday. An authenticated administrator can read local files by exploiting XSS into a pdf generator when exporting data as a PDF

Published: 2022-11-30

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zkteco:biotime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41362	Zkteco BioTime < 8.5.3 Build:20200816.447 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control via resign, private message, manual log, time interval, attshift, and holiday. An authenticated administrator can read local files by exploiting XSS into a pdf generator when exporting data as a PDF

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0051.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/hamoshwani/fd7e3d9d9ff8896f1ccf8426dccaf97e
https://www.zkteco.com/

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Zkteco Biotime

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T19:49:01.646Z

Reserved: 2022-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38802

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.541Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-30T14:15:10.853

Modified: 2025-04-24T20:15:23.773

Link: CVE-2022-38802

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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